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Summary

This updated and expanded edition offers current knowledge of nutrient metabolism and the formulation of diets from an array of available feedstuffs. Discusses animals' role in ecological balance, environmental stability and sustainable agriculture and food production. A new section on life-cycle feeding of individual animal classes features chapters contributed by authorities in their respective fields of animal nutrition. These new chapters include cattle, poultry, rabbits, sheep, swine, horses, cats, fish and exotic animals.

Table of Contents

Preface

v

PART 1---INTRODUCTION

Concepts of Nutrition

3

(4)

Animal Nutrition: Its Role in Modern Agriculture and Society

7

(10)

Common Methods of Analysis for Nutrients and Feedstuffs

17

(10)

The Gastrointestinal Tract and Nutrition

27

(22)

Measurement of Feed and Nutrient Utilization and Requirements in Animals